The 33, Hector Tobar
The 33, Hector Tobar
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The 33
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

Author: Héctor Tobar

Narrator: Henry Leyva, Henry Leyva

Unabridged: 12 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/13/2015

Synopsis

Previously published as Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stroies of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free.

The novel that inspired the film The 33 starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Cote de Pablo and Antonio Banderas.

When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, and in Deep Down Dark, he brings them to haunting, visceral life. We learn what it was like to be imprisoned inside a mountain, understand the horror of being slowly consumed by hunger, and experience the awe of working in such a place-underground passages filled with danger and that often felt alive. A masterwork of narrative journalism and a stirring testament to the power of the human spirit, The 33: Deep Down Dark captures the profound ways in which the lives of everyone involved in the catastrophe were forever changed.

A Finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award
A Finalist for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book
Selected for NPR's Morning Edition Book Club

About Héctor Tobar

Héctor Tobar is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and novelist. He is the author of the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestseller, Deep Down Dark, as well as The Barbarian Nurseries, Translation Nation, and The Tattooed Soldier. Héctor is also a contributing writer for the New York Times opinion pages and an associate professor at the University of California, Irvine. He's written for The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times and other publications. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories, L.A. Noir, Zyzzyva, and Slate. The son of Guatemalan immigrants, he is a native of Los Angeles, where he lives with his family.

About Henry Leyva

Henry Leyva's audiobook credits include reading Colin Harrison's The Havana Room, Michael Palmer's Fatal, Lawrence Block's Killing Castro, and John Grisham's The Testament as well as works from popular authors such as Nicholas Sparks and Phyllis Naylor.  Leyva has appeared in numerous stage and screen productions.  His film and television work includes roles on One Life to Live, Romancing America, The Digital Café, The Interrogation, and The Windigo.  He has also performed in a host of off-Broadway productions, including In the Heights, Love Suicide, and Guanabaco.  He has also performed in voiceovers for commercials, including those for HSBC, Claritin, and the Daily News. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Snotchocheez on February 12, 2015

Don't know about you, but when they announced in in September, 2010 that drillers had found all 33 Chilean miners alive that were trapped 700 meters down in a mine in the Atacama Desert, I, like millions around the globe, was glued to CNN for word on the rescue progress. While my profile boasts "spe......more

Goodreads review by Cher 'N Books on April 26, 2016

4 stars - It was great. I loved it. A personable and evocative story told by a journalist that is capable of writing a narrative nonfiction book. Now, on to the movie. ------------------------------------------- Favorite Quote: It seems silly to Franklin for his fellow miners to think of themselves as......more

Goodreads review by Jana on December 05, 2014

I give this book 4.5 stars. I was completely intrigued from the beginning. I loved that the author was able to humanize the miners with an honest portrayal of emotions that included fear, humility, courage, anger, depression, defeat, happiness, with their personal stories of struggle and faith. In a......more

Goodreads review by Book Concierge on May 08, 2016

Book on CD performed by Henry Leyva From the book jacket: When the San Jose Mine collapsed outside of Copiapo, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for sixty-nine days. The entire world watched what transpired above-ground during the grueling and pr......more

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